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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Heliacus (Genus)
> caelatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867 accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Gyriscus) Tiberi, 1867
=Heliacus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Torinista Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Heliacus (Torinista) caelatus (Hinds, 1844) accepted, alternate representation
=Solarium caelatum Hinds, 1844
=Heliacus costatus Garrard not Schepman
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARCHITECTONICIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> 'Lower Heterobranchia' (Infraclass)
> Architectonicoidea (Superfamily)
> Architectonicidae (Family)
> Heliacus (Genus)
> caelatus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Gyriscus Tiberi, 1867 accepted, alternate representation
=Heliacus (Gyriscus) Tiberi, 1867
=Heliacus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Heliacus (Torinista) Iredale, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Trochus (Heliacus) d'Orbigny, 1842
=Torinista Iredale, 1936
Synonymised Names:
=Heliacus (Torinista) caelatus (Hinds, 1844) accepted, alternate representation
=Solarium caelatum Hinds, 1844
=Heliacus costatus Garrard not Schepman
Details: Heliacus caelatus (Hinds, 1844)
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.5mm
Distribution:
Northland
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Bieler, R. 1993 Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF), 30 (p.243)
  • Hinds, R.B. 1844 Description of new species of shells, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 12 (p.25) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil